January 4, 2008
I have been tagged by Vero of Au Fil du Jardin and Neki of A Moveable Feast for the Make my Day Award. The rules are that I am supposed to tag 10 other blogs that make my day, Then post a comment on their blog to let them know. I hate playing favourites but here goes …
Annie of Annies Crazy World who I know well as she lives in the next suburb to me. We get together weekly to stitch, we share not only a love of crazy quilting but we both blog so our conversations bounce between did you see … on … blog to stitching to general chat about the garden, the drought, our kids etc. Annie is a good friend.
Elizabeth of Quieter Moments has constantly delighted me with her constant explorations of stitches in the TAST challenge. Running the challenge was really worth it simply to get to know her better.
The Embroideress. Linn Skinner’s blog was one of the first textile related blogs I read. She knows her stuff and constantly provides me with a good read or link.
Allison of Allie’s in Stitches for her constantly good eye candy.
Pam Kellogg also for her great eye candy and she often posts free patterns on her blog and gives freely to the community. For instance Pam has matched the Take it Further January Palette to DMC floss colors and posted it on her blog
Jude of Spirit Cloth because of her sensitivity to the medium of fabric and I love the way she weaves a narrative through her stitching
Linda of Chloes Place is also someone I have met face to face and feel we ‘click’
Jo of No Matter Where I Go…I Always Meet Myself There! because she blogs great eye candy and consistently supports activities in the online community of crazy quilters.
Virginia Spiegel because I admire her both her creative fiber work and all the energy she puts into raising money for charity
Jerry of Mindsigh - my husband and best friend. He certainly makes my day. We have just had our 28th anniversary, he still makes me laugh and always sees life from a slightly different angle.
OK I am off the computer and on the sewing machine today in my nice clean workroom.
Those doing the Take it Further challenge don’t forget as I mentioned Pam Kellogg has matched the Take it Further January Palette to DMC floss colors and posted it on her blog
January 4, 2008 at 6:53 am
Funny about the DMC colors. I chose 5 that I thought were reasonable matches to the colors you chose, but they don’t at all match the ones Pam chose. Perhaps just a question of monitors.
January 4, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I’ve posted my first stage of the challenge on my blog. Working on colour.
January 4, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Re DMC floss and monitors:
Thanks so much Pam for posting DMC colors for the Jan challenge colors. http://kittyandmedesigns.blogspot.com/
My floss is OLD. Probably faded some.
Just as a curiosity, I got out some floss, compared it to what Pam has suggested and came up with a few tweaks. Couldn’t believe some of my floss: one skein of 822, for example, was shiny, while the other is “flat.”
This is what I came up with — and I’m sure there are many other variations, depending on what we have on hand, and our monitors.
Taking the Sharon colors from left to right and using DMC floss colors:
333 504 340 501 822
I also pulled out 966 (instead of 964), but ended up choosing 504. And I almost substituted 3047 for 822. The 501 is a little dark, but could be blended with something else.
So next I pull out some fabrics while it is still daylight!
MaryjoO
http://fibersandtravel.blogspot.com/
January 5, 2008 at 12:48 am
re Take it Further: I’m obviously contemplating my naval and thinking too much about what I can really accomplish … see my blog for latest comments today.
And Sharon: there are photos, just for you! (taken right after I tore the closets apart looking for stuff)
MaryjoO
http://fibersandtravel.blogspot.com/
January 5, 2008 at 4:50 am
Sharon, how sweet of you! Thank you! Your blog makes my day too!!
January 5, 2008 at 7:03 am
Your blog makes my day as well….Thanks so much, Sharon!
January 5, 2008 at 8:40 am
Because I’ve lost your email address, Sharon, I take this venue to tell you about an extraordinary exhibit of textile art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York:
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={EDAF202E-60FF-47BC-9909-F0F71008EAF6}
January 5, 2008 at 8:43 am
The link doesn’t take you to the exhibit I intended to show you. Click on
Tapestry in the Baroque:Threads of Splendor. It’s worth seeing.
January 5, 2008 at 7:29 pm
nice nice nice blog !!
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